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Home News Regions Central Virginia Dominion-commissioned analysis says pipeline could save $377 million annually in energy costs

Dominion-commissioned analysis says pipeline could save $377 million annually in energy costs

Published February 11, 2015 by Paula C. Squires

Dominion continued to make its case Wednesday for a 550-mile natural gas pipeline. According to an analysis by Virginia-based consulting firm ICF International, which was commissioned by Dominion, businesses in Virginia and North Carolina could save an estimated $377 million annually in lower energy costs if the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is built.

“Virginia and North Carolina electricity consumers benefit from (the Atlantic Coast Pipeline) because the lower cost of natural gas to fuel power generation will, in turn, result in lower electricity bills for consumers,” ICF International said.

Dominion and three other energy companies, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and AGL Resources, have formed a joint venture to build the $4.5 billion to $5 billion pipeline, pending regulatory approval, that would stretch from Harrison County, W. Va., to Robeson County, N.C., with an extension to Chesapeake.

ICF also found that more than 2,200 full-time, permanent jobs could be created in the two states because of lower energy prices. It said the new jobs would come from businesses being able to reinvest energy savings in growth and from business growth that would come as a result of consumers having more disposable income.

“The Atlantic Coast Pipeline may be the largest private economic growth driver in Virginia and North Carolina for the next decade,” Diane Leopold, president of Dominion Energy, said in a statement. “The substantial long-term benefits identified in this analysis are just one part of the story. Not only will billions of dollars be injected into the regional economy by the construction project itself, there may be even greater gains as businesses and industry are attracted by new supplies of low-cost energy.”

ICF International examined the pipeline’s 20-year impact on Virginia and North Carolina starting with the first full year of operation in 2019. The pipeline would increase natural-gas supplies in the region by providing access to lower-cost sources in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The report projected that the greatest potential savings, about $349 million annually, would be in lower electricity costs because of the increasingly important role natural gas has in fueling electric generation.

The report also said Virginia and North Carolina could expect an annual average increase in the total economic output of the states of $218 million, $131 million in average annual labor income and $23 million in average annual state tax revenue because of the estimated energy savings.

By facilitating the construction of new natural gas-fired electric generation, another 970 temporary construction jobs would be created. The cost savings, economic benefits and jobs resulting from the lower energy prices would be on top of the economic benefits generated from the construction of the pipeline.

An earlier study by Richmond-based Chmura Economics & Analytics said construction activity related to building the pipeline could inject an annual average of $456.3 million into the combined economies of West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, supporting 2,873 annual jobs from 2014 to 2019. Another 271 permanent jobs related to the pipeline’s operational needs could be created.


Dominion and Duke Energy have noted the need for additional natural-gas supplies as they replace less-efficient, coal-fired power stations with ones fueled by natural gas. Natural gas produces about half the carbon emissions of coal when it is burned and has significantly lower levels of other emissions.

ICF International said the switch to natural gas for power generation is the primary reason demand for natural gas in Virginia and North Carolina should more than double by 2035.

Subsidiaries of all four partners and Public Service of North Carolina have signed on for service from the proposed pipeline.

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